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Lots of talk on facebook about the Bessemer & Lake Eries North Bessemer yard, and since I had some footage, I thought I'd help show a different view.
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Interesting stuff! That technique of building a fill was used extensively in railroad construction “back in the day”, but typically utilized a primitive wooden trestle to support the tiny 0-4-0 steamers and dump cars used to move the dirt. There is a long fill on the Winston-Salem Southbound Ry. In my town in NC that was built this way, complete with the obligatory tunnel! I’ve got pictures from 1909 showing it under construction. But to see this done using a massive steel structure as the backbone is wild! And then to make it 6 or 7 tracks wide! Wow! Great vid and history lesson!
I grew up never knowing it was a fill until about a decade ago. When I got the drone I couldn't wait to show everyone!
@@djstrains very cool stuff indeed! Where is this in relation to Sharon, Pa., my 1960 birthplace and home until 1970? Wish I lived closer to the B&LE, but NC is a long ways off! I wasn’t aware that CP had control of it until this video!
an hour south, closer to Monroeville-Oakmont exit of Turnpike
Those old pictures were cool. And interesting.. Thx !
As kids we used to pick up iron ore pellets between the rails on the WM, which basically ran through our back yard. They were great slingshot ammo. Never did, and still don't, know why they were purple in color.
I used to look at that yard every time we'd go by on the turnpike to go to my grandma's house in Monroeville. I never would have guessed that it was built on top of a buried viaduct. Neat stuff.
I used to live across the street from the engine house in North Bessemer and went to grade school at Davidson Elementary school. We used to walk the rail head for miles and then back home. Later in life I was very involved with the Railroad industry..
Check out more of my B&LE stuff..th-cam.com/video/PybqtGLcczw/w-d-xo.html
Oooohhhh so that's what that is... I see that all the time from the Turnpike when I go to Horseshoe Curve
Another day of excellent work. History is the best. Hint: Find old shots and line them up with new shots during your voice over. To see the fill in done when you were talking about it. I think would have more impact
I grew up in North Bessemer. My father worked at the XB Tower from the mid-50s until the early 70s, then at the roundhouse for a couple of years before retiring. He never went to work - he went to play with trains! His father was a conductor for the Pennsy line that ran along the Allegheny river north from Pittsburgh. A great uncle of mine was an engineer that worked the Pennsy Plum Creek branch, probably about the time they filled the trestle in with slag, limestone, and sand.
I remember being very young and one day he had me sit on my bed with him and look across the Plum Creek valley. We watched a string of Texas type (2-10-4) head south, through the yard, on their way to be scrapped. I also remember my mother doing a happy dance. All the neighborhood women were happy as could be - the switch to diesel (F7s) meant no more soot dirtying the clothes hung out to dry!
Another remembrance - the Unity branch. I was about 6 or 7 years old and my father and I caught a ride from XB to the Renton mines and back. It was a tiny switcher. The engineer let me blow the whistle and I about wet myself!
please share more stories. these are great
@@djstrains I'll sip a scotch this evening and reminiss😉
That is so cool. The Unity branch was quite a busy line. There used to be a set of crossing signals(with bell) where it crossed Old Leechburg Rd, I believe that is the name of the road. They did tie replacement there just before I started working for the big B.
Just ran across your video... Love the old photos, thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. I love the historic aspect and research of these places.
I never knew that ore was so heavy, thanks for the video and your expert information!
Iron ores are typically about two-thirds iron by weight. So, if you imagine a mix of two parts iron filings to one part sand, that's probably about the density of iron ore.
That is a cool yard up on that fill!. Looks like it is actually two yards side by side. Lots of curved track in the yard too, not just straight parallel tracks with symmetrical ladders on either end. Thanks for sharing DJ!
Hi DJ, nice video of North Bessemer yard. I can tell you as a railroad employee standing track side, you can feel when an ore train goes by, it may sound funny, but it's true. Cheers, Rich S.
I catch some trains in butler Pennsylvania mainly B&P and some BLE Iron ore trains
Very cool, brings back memories. I grew up in Milltown (app 1mile North), worked for the B&LE briefly, until the Mills started to close. A butcher at the Community Super Market once told me about the site of hot slag being dumped here
At night, it glowed. Used to be a set of steps going up to the tracks to access XB tower .
Love the drone footage/interesting facts. Thank you.
Thanks for the great and informative video. What a great area to model for a model railroad. Thanks again!
Interesting to see all the switches are totally cleaned out from ore. You don't see that on the mainline. Nice video. Thank you!
Always love your drone videos.
It was great to finally meet you at Steamtown. Will let you know when we make the trip to Pgh.
really nice video. the drone is showing some awesome footage. thanks for putting this out there for us.
THANK YOU...for sharing. Very enjoyable, love the history. Gary
Very nice historical video. B&LE is owned by Canadian National and is their Bessemer sub.
Super cool video! I love hidden history like that. It would be a cool scene to model in any era on any line. That was a LOT of material used to fill that viaduct... Massive!!
Great video love the pictures at the end... Was great seeing you at Steamtown..... Wilmer-IHVRR
Same, buddy.
Taconite pellets make excellent slingshot ammo. As a kid I picked up these pellets along the local Union Pacific track.
Hi DJ and good drone videos for sure. I have been to Greenville a couple of times. Thank again.
Wow. Those trestles gone and buried but not forgotten. Two trestles that were almost as impressive as Keddie.
I love your videos
that really keeps me motivated to do more. Thanks
I grew up along the EJ&E and with the updated hoppers there's less and less sling shot ammo. I can remember some of the DMIR ore jennies beating the diamonds in Dyer,IN. Cool video and pictures of the fill
There is a route of this railroad on Train Simulator 2019, it is amazing to see how much has changed, especially the trestle. I k ew about that long gone branch but I didn't know the bridge was filled in and thought it was a different branch.
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Nice video, great for modeling. It was nice seeing you at Steamtown on Saturday. Take care...Anthony
Likewise, what a great day all around! We really enjoyed it!
Very interesting 👍🏻 Keep the good footage coming Thx Stevie 😎🇬🇧
Great stuff. Love what the drone shows. Thanks.
You are a very good drone pilot! Thanks for sharing.
still learning and trying to gain confidence
Very nice video DJ. I really enjoy these types of videos you produce, I think I mentioned that when I met you at Steam Town. My wife and I had a great Time there. Thanks for the video. Happy Modelling! Hans ...
Yes, that ride was so interesting. She took some great pics, and I have to go through and edit the video. Nice meeting you guys too!!
Great vid. Love the drone footage. Fyi, the old prr tunnel is sealed at the east end and has an overhead roll up door on the west end. A local contractor uses the tunnel to store his vehicles in. Also, the "miscelanious" freight in the east (middle) yard is unfortunately nothing more than storage cars. The urr has been storing unneeded cars here for a few years now. At one point there was 3 tracks worth of storage cars.
more coming
Why not a shorter train with full cars? Love the old pictures. Very cool video DJ!
Because every car has a “load limit”, which is typically stenciled on the car, and it doesn’t take much ore to reach that limit! The structure of the car is designed to handle the rated tonnage. Also, and to a lesser extent, are bridge tonnage ratings. You’ll often see excessive dimension loads (read heavy) being moved by “high & wide specials” dedicated to moving just that one car, but they’ll have empty spacer cars between the engines and the load to spread out the weight of those two heavy load centers when crossing bridges.
Great video, loved it from start to end.
Very Cool!
Great drone footage
Raised my family just over the hill just in The Ramparts. Like you I model The Union RR among other Pittsburgh Area Railroads. As you know the BLE is owned by CN and operated by sub IC. What consignments other than ore does the BLE bring to the Union RR today? Do they still bring lime for ET from Greer Limestone? Do the ship any coal or coke north? Thanks watching your videos over and over!
What is IC ? No coal goes north anymore. Don't think any coke does either.
Awesome Dj
Awesome Video!!!
I grew up across from the yard I use to watch them load up coal in the 80's bessemer would come down with ore and take coal back up from the union rr. The old round house is still there. Plus the old back shop is still there. Wish you got the video up the other side where the tunnel is and it was a two track main into the yard. Never new about the tunnel below the tracks or the Pennsylvania rr running through. But I do remember the coal shoot being there It ran underneath unity road up to the coal tower bout 100yd or so from the tunnel. You could have parked at the fire station on leechburg rd and would have been right across from the old round house plus the middle of the yard.
N Bess is at middle of this video: th-cam.com/video/Cd96t5jVl7U/w-d-xo.html
This is so awesome seeing this I live in plum borough and i always was so curious to find out the history if this place thank you so much for sharing this video
Where can I find more about this particular yard and possibly contact you? Thank you so much for sharing!!!
Glad you enjoyed it
very cool
Thanks for the drone footage. What road is that in most of the shots I-79. Or PA Turnpike?
pa turnpike
Where is that? Oh never mind it's @ Greenville PA
Wow, that's insane. You know they must've been completely out of other options when their solution to needing some yard space was to build new land that high!
That’s awesome! Does the B&LE still exist? Or is it now CN?
CN, this is the former B&LE North Bessemer yard, but will always be B&LE to me. :)
They still have BLE units but just for scrap trains 4 CN sd70m-2 units run the iron ore trains
@@djstrains I just got a Bessemer train race! th-cam.com/video/JJOSMGUV2Jw/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for your great videos DJ,,May I ask what drone your using?
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Great video. What was the background music? I really liked it
crap, I forgot to add it in description, and its been so long. I like a website from BENSOUND.com give it a listen.
Sorry didn’t see this. Thank you!
Conneaut Lake also has some info on the B&LE
Hey dj I grew up watching the B&LE it's sad the way it is now. But since they dont run coal up anymore but still bring oar down how com they dont bring it down in oar cars rather then coal hoppers??
video soon! Late Sept or early Oct.
The 2-10-0 Locomotive he mentions is up for sale on EBay.
4-8-2. He is a friend and a great guy.
Is this in greenville?
north bessemer, pa
@@djstrains thanks😃
I'd like to get the old ore cars
If only this was proctor
DJ, what ore is it?
would that be taconite?
Iron ore
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